Set against the backdrop of a cold, New England winter, Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer is a thriller that borrows cues from Hitchcock and the great noir films of old. When a ghostwriter (Ewan McGregor) is tasked with penning the memoirs of the former British Prime Minister (Pierce Brosnan) things get complicated and deadly as old secrets are exposed and twists loom around the bend. No autobiography can be that simple when Roman Polanski's own life and exile are the influences behind the film.